Sacrificed To The Triplet Alpha Kings novel Chapter 355

Chapter 355: You Didn’t Ask For Any Of This

The tears came without warning.

Sebastian had been holding them back for two days. Had been staying strong for Lucian and Nicholas. Had been functioning because someone needed to and crying would not save her.

But now, alone with her in the grey light of afternoon, the dam broke.

"You didn’t ask for any of this," Sebastian said through his tears. "You came to us to clear up your father’s debt and we gave you three bond marks and a death curse instead. We ruined you. And I...." His voice cracked completely. "I would take it all back if I could. Would walk away from you the first day we met if it meant you got to live. But I can’t. I can’t take back the bonds or the curse or any of it. And now you’re dying because of choices we made."

He lifted her hand to his lips and kissed her knuckles gently.

"Please wake up," he whispered. "Please, Lilith. I know you’re tired. I know you’re scared. I know the curse is eating you alive and fighting it is exhausting. But please...just hold on a little longer. Victoria is researching. Nicholas is coordinating with the Guardians. We’re all doing everything we can to find a way to save you."

Through the bond he felt nothing. No response. No acknowledgment. Just that terrible fading distance that grew worse every hour.

"I love you....I love you so much," Sebastian said. "I should have said it more. Should have made sure you knew every single day. But I love you. And I can’t...." He stopped and pressed his forehead against her hand. "I can’t lose you. I don’t know how to exist in a world where you’re not in it."

Rhen was howling in his chest....a long mournful sound that had nothing to do with the curse and everything to do with their mate slipping away.

Sebastian had always thought the curse would be what killed them. Thought they would go feral and hurt people and die as monsters.

But sitting here watching Lilith die slowly while he could do nothing to stop it.....

This was worse than going feral.

This was dying while still breathing.

"Do you remember the first time we met?" Sebastian asked quietly. "You came to the estate looking terrified and trying to hide it. Wearing that ridiculous gown."

He smiled despite his tears.

"I knew the moment I saw you. Rhen knew. Before you even spoke, before you looked at me, I knew you were mine. Ours. Meant for us in ways I did not understand but felt in my bones."

Sebastian traced his thumb across her knuckles.

"You’ve been brave since the beginning," Sebastian said. "Braver than any of us. Walking into the estate even though you were terrified. Letting us mark you even when you were not sure. Fighting Thalia when you barely knew how to use your power. Facing impossible choices with more grace than we deserved."

His voice dropped to a whisper.

"So be brave one more time Lilith. Wake up. Fight this. Come back to us."

He waited.

Counted her breaths. Watched her chest rise and fall. Felt the bond between them stretching thinner and thinner.

And Lilith didn’t wake up.

Sebastian sat with her until the light outside faded from grey to dark. Until his back ached and his eyes burned and his throat was raw from talking to someone who couldn’t hear him.

Finally, reluctantly, he stood.

He leaned down and pressed a kiss to her forehead....gentle and filled with everything he could not say.

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